17 November 2024

Troubles with accessing Samba/SMB share from Windows 10

I have two servers with Samba shares and I had triubles with accessing both of them from my Windows 10 (1809 LTS) PC.

OSTrueNAS 13.0-U6.2Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS
Samba version4.15.134.19.5
Samba config
ea support = No
kernel share modes = No
path = /mnt/RAID1/NAS
posix locking = No
read only = No
smbd max xattr size = 2097152
vfs objects = fruit streams_xattr shadow_copy_zfs ixnas zfs_core aio_fbsd
fruit:resource = stream
fruit:metadata = stream
nfs4:chown = true
ixnas:dosattrib_xattr = false
comment = Torrent Server
path = /torrents
read only = yes
browsable = yes
guest ok = yes
public = yes
create mask = 0775
directory mask = 0775
force create mode = 0775
force directory mode = 0775

The error I got - "Network Error: Windows cannot access"

31 March 2024

Whats faster 0.0.0.0 or 127.0.0.1?

When I was experimenting with hosts and Pi-Hole, I read that "0.0.0.0" address in the hosts works faster then "127.0.0.1". And now I decided to check and prove it.

About tests

  • To automate tests I prepared code on Python "DNS_Loopback_Speed".
  • To get more accurate results I performed 10000 tests for each address and took the average.
  • I have two devices running Windows 10 and Ubuntu 22.04, so I also compare speed of resolving between Windows and Linux.
  • I've seen option of using 127.0.0.0 in hosts, therefore I add it too.
  • Just to compare delays between local resolution (hosts) and external DNS servers I add 2 tests (my local Pi-Hole DNS and Google DNS). My devices connected to network via Wi-Fi, so results may not be reliable.

Brief information regarding these IP addresses:

07 January 2024

Windows Update | Logitech - Camera - 2.3.7.5 | Error 0x800f0206

A few months ago I got an error 0x800f0206 in Windows Update regarding installation "Logitech - Camera - 2.3.7.5" driver.


I use "Logitech HD Webcam C615" and "Windows 10 Enterprise 2016 LTSB 1607". Windows Update downloaded the update (https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/ScopedViewInline.aspx?updateid=5da34c2a-7b10-4b3a-b3c2-764ddce2e8b0) but can't install.